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Zakir Zafran releases Jyotsnasampraday
Dhrubo Sadiq | Updated at 11:28pm on December 06, 2020
Poet Zakir Zafran’s anthology of poems titled Jyotsnasampraday has been published under the banner of Jaladhi Prokashoni on November 23. It is the fourth work...
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Owakila’s Jhajhin Shyaola to be released at Ekushey Book Fair
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:05pm on December 05, 2020
Aspiring writer Owakila Tabassum’s first novel Jhajhin Shyaola will be published in the upcoming Ekushey Book Fair. The novel, which will also be released on...
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Manik Bandopadhyay’s death anniversary today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:15pm on December 02, 2020
Today is the 64th anniversary of death of the late renowned Bengali novelist and short story writer Manik Bandopadhyay. Manik Bandopadhyay was born as...
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Google celebrates playwright Munier Chowdhury’s birth anniv
Online Desk | Updated at 12:26pm on November 27, 2020
Search engine Google had created a new doodle on its homepage in Bangladesh celebrating the life of Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, and literary critic Munier Chowdhury...
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Munier Chowdhury’s 95th birth anniv today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2020
Today is the 95th anniversary of birth of the late educationist, playwright and literary critic Munier Chowdhury. Theatre, a leading theatre troupe in Bangladesh, will...
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Poet Himel Barkat dies
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 03:01pm on November 22, 2020
Poet and professor at Bangla department of Jahangirnagar University Himel Barkat died of cardiac arrest at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in the capital in the early...
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Shamim Reza named for Bogura Lekhak Chakra Award
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:30pm on November 20, 2020
Poet Shamim Reza has been named a winner of Bogura Lekhak Chakra Award for his contribution to Bengali poetry. The award will be handed over...
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Sufia Kamal’s death anniv today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 20, 2020
Today is the 21st anniversary of death of the late eminent poet-organiser-activist Begum Sufia Kamal, whose contribution to various cultural and political movements in the...
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Naren Biswas remembered
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:14pm on November 17, 2020
The late linguist, recitation artiste, poet, playwright and lyricist Naren Biswas was remembered in an online programme organised by Kanthasilan on Monday night. The event...
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In conversation with Zillur Rahman
Dhrubo Sadiq | Updated at 11:58pm on November 13, 2020
Zillur Rahman emerged as a poet in the mid-eighties. His poems were published in various little magazines and dailies. Zillur Rahman is the editor of...